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NITED (STATES PATENT QFFIc GEORGE WASHINGTON HUBER, OF'PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BLOTTlNG-PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 617,747, dated January 17, 1899. Application filed January 26, 1898. Serial No. 668,093. (No model-) To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON HUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a'new and useful Improvement in Blotting-Pad Holders, of which the. following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding blotting-paper in a frame and allowing for its removal when it has been used up. I aim at having a resilient action to the blotting-pad in order that it may be pressed into any inequality upon the surface on which it is used to absorb all the moist ink as perfectly as if :5 the blotting-pad were directly in the hand. Most devices of the character of my invention are clumsy and stiff and not perfectly efficient.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the frame for holding the platen, blottingpad, and advertisement-card. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the ends of the frame shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective View 2 of the device, showing all its parts assembled.

My device consists of four distinct partsnamely, the rigid frame A, the advertisingcard B, the platen O, and the blotting-pad D, the last being renewable at will, as it is simply held against the platen O by its ends being slipped between the ends E and E of the frame A. Said frame consists of a handlebar F and the ends E and E. Said ends, as shown in Fig. 3, are formed by the material, 3 5 preferably wire, out of which said handle-bar F is constructed, being spread in the shape of a triangle, two of the sides of which are in the same plane as the bar for the greater portion of their length and are then bent downwardly 0 at right angles and are connected by the base portion of the triangle, as shown in Fig. 3, forming by so doing a seat with an easy en- 'trance to receive the ends of the advertisement-card B, the platen O, and the blottingpad D. The platen C is constructed out of stiif cardboard, celluloid, veneer-wood, or any material which is resilient and yielding upon pressure. This quality is requisite in order that the blotting-pad D carried upon its convex face may be pressed upon any surface- 5o smooth, rough, or unequal-to absorb the moist ink and miss none of it. Said platen is preferably oblong in shape and about the size of the pieces of blotting-pad ordinarily used in commerce, having its four corners cut away 5 5 to form the shoulders G, G, G, and G to engage with the seats in the ends E and E of the frame A. When said platen is not held in the frame A, its resiliency causes it to lie fiat, and because of this the device may be packed into a very small space when prepared for shipment.- When said platen is held in said frame, its shape is that of a bow, as shown in Fig. 2, where the advertising-card and blotting-pad are also shown in place. Said blotting-pad, which need not be cut at its corners, is placed upon the convex side of said platen and is secured thereto by its ends being passed through the ends E and E of the frame A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In

the same manner a loose sheet upon which the advertisement is printed, B, may be secured to the concave side of said platen. Said sheets so secured are readily removed and replaced by others, which is an advantage if they display monthly or other short-time cal endars or memoranda.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A blotting -paper holder consisting of a rigid handle-bar having its ends each spread in the shape of a triangle, two of the sides of which are in the same plane as the bar for the greater portion of their length, and are then bent downwardly at right angles and are connected by the base portion of the triangle, and an oblong, flat, elastic platen, having its corners cut to form shoulders and bent convexly to engage with the ends of said handle-bar, and carrying upon its outer surface blotting-paper, substantially as described.

' GEORGE WASHINGTON HUBER. Witnesses: V FRANK SKINNER, MARY E. MARLACK. n 

